As a result of the Society of American Archivists' Council's strategic
planning efforts in technology, a Technology Best Practices Taskforce
was formed in September 2006 to work with appropriate SAA and ARMA
groups to identify competences and standards and to collect, review and
clarify best practices relating to all areas of archival practice that
are affected by electronic records and digital asset issues.

It is hoped that Task Force's work will result in the development,
acceptance and implementation by archivists, records managers and IT
professionals of widely accepted standards for archival functions (e.g.
accessioning, appraisal, arrangement and description, preservation and
access) for born-digital and digitized archival assets utilizing readily
available tools.

Through surveys of appropriate sources, the Task Force has produced a
document that will serve as a beginning called "Managing Electronic
Records and Assets: a Bibliography." It can be found on the SAA website
at http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/bptf/index.asp
<http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/bptf/index.asp> . We are now
soliciting comments and suggestions for improvement. Please send
feedback to [log in to unmask] 

We request that leaders within SAA and ARMA help to promote the site and
circulate this call for comment and additions. Help us to make "Managing
Electronic Records and Assets" a compilation of proven sites, handbooks,
articles, case studies and other sources to support best practices
research. Elements to consider include:

-- What sources have you found most helpful in your work with electronic
records and assets? (Annotations indicating why the source was helpful
are appreciated.)

-- What can the source teach us?

-- Have the solutions provided by the source had an impact on archival
practice?

-- Does the source have good documentation of technical systems and
applications?

-- Was the solution proposed by the source a success and what are the
characteristics of the success?

This call for review and comment will enhance professional practice
through the on-going identification and evaluation of electronic records
and digital asset management solutions. We welcome comments at
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Naomi Nelson (chair)

Phil Bantin

Pam Duane (ARMA)

Mark Greene

Richard Pearce-Moses

Carla Summers

Nancy Zimmelman

Brian Doyle (SAA staff representative)

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